Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-07-23

Dssaa,sd Dssscsssss for 0soonlsg Plump"
Posassrs sss 70 bs sassssd a."
Henry r. Fink in the Epoch.
No doubt excessive corpulenco IN more In.
convenient TO tho victim, snd moro In the
nature OF dissase, than leanness and this ID
perhaps the reason why one constantly sees
articles In the papers ON the Banting system
and other msthods Of reducing ones weight,
where the lean are left 10 shift for themselves
and TO pick up pound Of iiesh wherever
they can. Nevertheless, In there regions, /
leanness In much more common than corpu. /
lence, and II the remedies for II were more |
widely known and adopted, there would be |
percoptible increase In the number Of beau.
tiful women and handsome mon.
1t cannot be denied that there In plenty Of |
room for further Improvement New York,
with its large foreign population, In not . fair
place 70 judge from but regarding the more
purely American cities, like Philadelphia
and Boston, II may be safely asserted that
seven, II not eight, Of every ten young
ladies would be improved In face aud figar8
by the addition Of ton or fifteen pounds n
their weight Now In most cases where the
want Of piumpness is not the result Of posi-.
tive disease calling for medical treatment,
these extra pUuuds-beauty pounds they
might be called, because they add the finish
iRg touch TO beauty-may bs easily scquired
In . lew months by cutting out the following
hints and pasting them ON the mirror where
/ they may he daily seen and needed:
U) Eating and drinking. "Every
/ woman who In thin would like To be stoutsr,"
says Brillist-s savsrrh In his frsgmsntsry
chapter "On Leanness," from which, how.
/ over, the following sentence is worth citing
"Men fatten sheep, calves, oxen, poultry,
carp, crayish, oysters T. and hence ! derive
fattsned, provided the food ls we'll and suitA-
bly, chosen"
The famous Mr.. Banting, who reduced his
weight by more than fifty pounds In one
year, found that sugar was the most fatten
ing thing he could eat Hence, 70 increase
your weight eat cakes, pudding, syrup,
honey, candy and pastry, always taking care
that It be crisp and digestible, for indiResti
| bic food In q chief cause for leannesA New
England pie crust In probably responsible for
| the appearance Of the typical gaunt Yankee.
| Other fsttening articles Of food are tender
lamb, salmon and eels, milk and cream, CORD,
bread and butter, and those vegetables which
grow underground, and of which sugar Ii
| msde-beets, turnips, etc. Boiled or baked
potatoes mashed on the plate aud seasoned
with salt aud fresh butter, make q delicious
dish, rapidly fattening Eat often and very
slowly, for 1t Is not the quantity that Ia eaten
, | but the amount that Is thoroughly digested
! that nourishes the system and rounds th'
: / bodily contour.
BisInarck's private physician, DIR. Sch wen
ninger, owes his international reputation Z
=, his success In diminishing the chancellor
weight The secret Of his method is never
allow his patient TO drink with his meals, o
. / IL he does drink 70 do 30 very sparingly
= / Hence follows the converse rule, that II yO
!. | covet stOutneas you should drink freely wit
= / your meals, always, however, in such wa
= AZ not to interfere with the digestive prt
Th1. S,rs S oS ii sh9Sd ,Ss .s nsys,
,. food ought to he mOistened by the ssliv
:, | alone. Ice water, too, should he Away
= / avoided. 1t chills the stomach and IL th
:, :, | cause Of three iOurths Of the indigestion an
nal.s mt tnn0Nn tAnf in
!, / country.
y Mountain tourists know that ice watt
, never quenches the thirst Yet We col
y s.antly spoil our water by putting In ic
70 contact with the water we drink, but onl
10 with the outside OF the pitcher. In this wa
we avoid also the dangers from micrObt
~ ~ hidden in the impure ice.
,e as much ~ heel, the only difference beir
or / that beef il xssimilated in the stomach, air
~ ~ the lungs. Hence II you wish TO be plum
.N ns become an air glutton. Breathe all the fre
n. n, pecially at night, a. you would putrid me-
IN l Always breathe through the nose, and cul
~ vate the habit OF slowly filling your lur
IN s1 ~ .ox Sa
III. / Ties the blood and stimulates the appel
,la Frequent warm tsths before retiring, or q
10. sponge baths in the morning followed
IN IN, brisk friction with u COARSE towel, have
All same effect.
ne go. Rest Exercise IL commonly r
ns scribed as method OF reducing ones wei
~ / and brisk and lOng-cOntInued exercise ii
ne | have this effect But moderate exercise Ia
antidote against leanness, because 1t stin
on lates the appetite, and thus more than stor
for the loss following muscular moveme
ou | Besides, II exercise ~ altogether avoldt
there is danger OF losing grace aud sy
| metry.
eu Brain rest is especially indicated in
no u case OF those who object to leann8ss Mod,
ate brain exercise Ia, indeed, essential to p
au | feet health, but excess should be careful
leI avoided. Emotional excitement and VOL
10 are fatal to the chances OF becoming pluI
ne and pretty. II au annoying thought haul
you, forcibly liz your attention on somethi
De else. Above all, never allow such thougI
~ 'l, TO torment you after retiring, and thus
no no pass disaxreexbly into your dreams. Els
ne hours OF dreauIless sleep in we'll .ventilal
re- room, form the most potent cosmetic kno,
On On to man or woman-the straightest Iosd
ne plumpness an beauty.